SiCortex appoints new chief executive

SiCortex Inc. has appointed Christopher Stone as president and chief executive officer, the Maynard high performance computing company said today.

The company's founding CEO John Mucci will continue to serve on the board of directors.

"High performance computing is in an exciting period of innovation underpinned by a growing need for higher performing, increasingly energy-efficient and more accessible machines," Stone said in a press release.

Previously Stone served as president and CEO of StreamServe Inc., a Burlington-based software company. Stone also worked at Novell Inc. in a number of executive positions. In 1999, he founded the software company, Tilion Inc.

Stone graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of New Hampshire and holds an AMP/MBA from Harvard Business School.
(By Elizabeth Campbell, Globe correspondent)